Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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